Slave Sale; St. Landry Parish Louisiana ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** 1729 STATE OF LOUISIANA. Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mark Davis of this City for and in consideration of the sum of Six Hundred and fifty Dollars to me in hand----- ------------------Paid by Lastie Nezat of Parish of St. Landry do by these presents, bargain, sell, convey, transfer and deliver unto the said a Negro Boy Named albert aged Sixteen years The said share is fully guaranteed against the and Malideys proscribed by law To Have and to Hold, The said Slave unto the said his hers, executors, administrators and assigns, forever; And I the said Mark Davis do bind myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to protect and defend said property against all claim or claims whatever. Dated at New Orleans, this Twentyeth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six WITNESS, Lastie Dupre' Mark Davis Filed in my office at Opelousas This Second Day of April 1846 Edmund Johohns Tabjihet Law M Not Sub. SUBMITTER'S COMMENTS: The document also contains some french hand-writing along the side (perpendicular to the writing in the body of the document. I'm not versed in french and the writing is very difficult to decipher but will try to type out here. Someone told Paul that the french is proxie because Lastie Dupre' signed Lastie Nezat's name for him on the document: Gusevisx aux fun can des hypthexus Reg. des aliviuse fious No. 2 fi., 4972 oviel 1846 Opelousas Background information: My husband's name is Paul McMillan. The information he has is what he remembers, but he hasn't done any recent checking with his family to verify it. He received the document from his paternal grandmother, Rita McMillan, about 1966. Her maiden name was Barri. His grandmother was given the document by her sister, Burti. Paul's grandmother said that the records in the courthouses were all burnt down near the end of the civil war, and people saved and hid all the personal copies of records and deeds in their homes. Paul doesn't know when she received the document. According to Paul's grandmother, she is a descendent of Lastie Nezat. Paul got the document when his grandmother was living in New Mexico, but prior to that she lived in Louisiana much of her life, in a bayou region, and claimed to be a descendent of Creole plantation owners. Paul had seen a family tree that Burti owned, but he hasn't been in touch with that side of the family for a very long time and doesn't know what happened to it. Some time ago Paul was contacted by a French Historical Society out of Boucherville, Canada, because someone doing geneological research in Canada bought a print of a painting of Paul's (he's an artist) which included the slave document in the composition. They bought it as a gift for their son who lived in Opelousas and is a lawyer and then discovered the McMillan connection in their geneological search. As a result of their research of Pierre Boucher, they believed it likely that Paul's grandmother was a descendent of Pierre Boucher. Unfortunately we have no information pertaining to Albert. I don't know if any of this is helpful but we thought we'd include it just in case, before it was all forgotten. We may be able to get more details from Paul's mother if anyone is interested. Please tell us if there is anything else we may be able to do to assist you, and if you find any information that will help us to preserve the document. Carolyn